-ist

Usage

• antagonist

  Your antagonist is an opponent in a competition or battle.

• protagonist

  A protagonist is the main character in a play, novel, or real event such as a battle or struggle.

• sophistry

  Sophistry is the clever use of arguments that seems correct but is in fact unsound and misleading, done with the intent to deceive people.

• nonconformist

  A nonconformist is unwilling to believe in the same things other people do or act in a fashion that society sets as a standard.

• misogynist

  A misogynist is someone who hates women or is highly critical about the female gender.

• optimist

  An optimist constantly looks at the bright side of problems or difficult situations.

• sophist

  A sophist uses clever reasoning techniques to make their arguments seem plausible; nevertheless, their verbiage is used first and foremost to trick others into thinking their arguments are sound or reasonable.

• Buddhist

  a member of a religion that focuses on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama

• alchemist

  one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone

• anarchist

  an advocate of anarchism

• atheist

  related to or characterized by or given to atheism

• chauvinist

  a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind

• columnist

  a journalist who writes editorials

• hedonist

  someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

• humanist

  of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism

• impressionist

  relating to or characteristic of Impressionism

• narcissist

  someone in love with themselves

• pacifist

  opposed to war

• philologist

  a humanist specializing in classical scholarship

• racist

  based on racial intolerance

• receptionist

  a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors

• seismologist

  a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth

• sexist

  discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women)

• therapist

  a person skilled in a particular type of therapy

• tourist

  someone who travels for pleasure